A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Mandali in Iraq. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:04:59 / 6:04 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000cpye. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cpye. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 15:04:59 / January 15, 2018 @ 3:04 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 45.6706° East, 33.5838° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Īlām (c. 140 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Al Miqdādīyah (c. 50 700 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Mandalī (c. 29 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mehrān (c. 11 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iraq (c. 29 672 000 pop), Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Al Miqdādīyah, Īlām, Mehrān.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km SSE of Mandali, Iraq.
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